At noon on the same day, the city of Turkestan.

Shami Chagan, who had succeeded Yili as the Great Khan of the Khanate, stood in the palace in the city, writhing his body very uneasily.

Naturally, he did not behave like this because Yunxi wanted to completely annihilate the Mongol history before Temujin. One is that he doesn't know now, and the other is that he doesn't really care about history. In his view, the Mongols were able to achieve immortal achievements in those years and have nothing to do with history, one is because Genghis Khan, Ögedei Khan and their generals are too powerful, and the other is because the Mongols were united at that time.

He firmly believed that as long as the Mongols could be reunited, the Ming state, the Timurid Khanate, and the Ottoman state would not be the opponent of the Mongols.

It was for this purpose that he left his Khanate and traveled thousands of miles to the city of Turkestan to meet the Great Khan of the White Horde, Koljak.

The White Horde was the eldest son of Temujin's eldest son, Jochi, who was founded by the son of Temujin. Historically, after the death of Jochi, Hu'er replied that he thought that his talent was inferior to that of his second brother Batu, and gave him the throne of the Jochi Khanate, and Batu gave him a place roughly equal to the later Kazakhstan, thus giving birth to the White Horde. Although nominally part of the Golden Horde, founded by Batu himself, it was in fact independent.

Kolyjak was established by Timur after his first invasion of the Golden Horde. But although he was supported by Timur, he had been the Great Khan for ten years, and he would not always be willing to be like a slave in front of Timur. Shami Chagan thought to himself.

It was very difficult to reunite the Mongols, and he was not sure; But Timur's unusual rise saw him an opportunity.

Although Timur was powerful and the country was now very powerful, it was because of this that the surrounding Mongol khanates were able to unanimously oppose him and promote an alliance of the Mongol khanates. Shamichagan also came to Turkestan with such confidence to persuade Kolijak to oppose the Timurid Khanate.

Of course, Shami Chagan also knew very well that before Timur himself was defeated or died, he lent Kolijak a hundred guts and poured a hundred soju vata (vodka) from the Rus' people, and Kolijak did not dare to take the initiative to start a war with Timur. But in the future, Timur is likely to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, and when the time comes, he will pull the hind legs in the back.

Shami Chagan was thinking when he heard someone shouting in Turkic: "The Great Khan is about to arrive." Footsteps rang out.

Shamichagan stood up to greet Kolijak, but he was not very happy in his heart. Since it was a Mongol country, how could it be used as the language of the court?

At this moment Kolijak appeared before him, and Shami Chagan stopped thinking about what he had just thought, and said to him in Mongolian: "My dear brother, I have finally seen you. ”

Kolyjak smiled and hugged him, and said in Mongolian: "It's been a long time since the brothers from the East have come, welcome to the city of Turkestan." ”

The two of them patted each other on the shoulder, exchanged a few pleasantries, and sat down.

"We Mongols have always been straightforward, so I asked directly: My dear brother, what is the matter with you coming to my Turkestan city?" Koli Jak asked.

"To tell you the truth, I'm here to contact you to fight against Timur." Shami Chagan said.

Kolijak looked strange and asked, "Is my news wrong?" Now the Chagatai Khanate already has the strength to confront Timur? ”

"No, I, the Chagatai Khanate, did not have the strength to fight Timur. In fact, the Chagatai Khanate was far from the strength of the Timurid Khanate. Shami Chagan said.

"In that case, what's the use of you coming to me?" Kolijak said: "Timur is eloquent, the Khanate is strong, don't say that our two khanates join forces, even if you add the Golden Horde, the Blue Horde, and the Tuolei Khanate (Yuan) are not opponents." ”

"Of course I do. But this time to deal with Timur, it was not based on the Khanate of our Mongols, but on the Ming State in the East. Shami Chagan said.

"Mingguo? The state founded by the Khitans? Kolijak asked.

"Khitans? Yes, it is a country founded by the Khitans. Shami Chagan thought for a while before remembering that the Khitan was the early Mongol name for the Han people in the north, and later all Han people were called Khitans. The kings of the Jochi clan were basically independent after the Batu expedition to the west, so they maintained their original title for the Han Chinese. At the same time, in all the places where the Mongols once fought, most of them called the Han Chinese Khitans.

"Is the country strong now?" Kolijak asked again.

"Very powerful, now the Ming has a population of 60 million, more than 2 million standing troops, and countless generals who fought with the Tuolei Khanate before are still alive, and the national strength is above the Timurid Khanate." Shami Chagan said.

"Two million standing troops!" Kolijak was very surprised and said: "Even if they have a population of 60 million, it is impossible to feed a standing army of 2 million. Not only him, but the guards behind him also opened their mouths in surprise and looked at Sha Mi Chagan incredulously.

"The standing army of the Ming Kingdom is different from the standing army of the country here, they all farm their own land to support themselves." Sha Mi Chagan hurriedly explained.

"I see. Such a soldier cannot be called a standing army, but only a reserve army or an auxiliary army. But in this way, they have a population of 60 million, and it is too inefficient to mobilize only 2 million troops. Kolijak said.

It was difficult for Sha Michagan to explain to him that the Ming Kingdom had a completely different political organization system from countries outside the Chinese cultural circle, so he could only say: "Although they can only mobilize more than two million people, these troops are completely under the orders of the emperor alone, and they will do whatever the emperor tells them to do, and no one dares to disobey the emperor's words." ”

Kolijak was a little strange, asked about the political system of the Ming Kingdom, and said very strangely: "This is really an unimaginable system, don't those officials appointed to the local area want to be independent?" ”

Shami Chagan explained again, and Kolijak stopped asking this question and asked another question: "Then how much is the real standing army of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

After doing some calculations in his heart, Sha Michagan said, "The standing army of the Ming Kingdom has 40 to 500,000 people. ”

"That's not a lot," said Kolijak, "and those armies that are somewhere between the standing army and the reserve army, are really strong. ”

"That's why I dare to come to you to discuss with Timur." Shami Chagan hurriedly pulled the topic back: "Timur will definitely send troops to attack the Ming State after defeating the Ottoman State, and the two strongest countries in the world will definitely fight, and then it will be the opportunity for our Mongols to take advantage of the opportunity to rise." ”

"What? Do you think the Ming Kingdom will win? Kolijak asked.

"Ming may not be able to win, but it will definitely not lose. The political system of the Ming State is unimaginable to those who have not been there, and it is certainly impossible for Timur to conquer the Ming Kingdom, unless he can unify the people on the Mongolian steppe for a long time, and then go south; But Timur is now sixty-five years old, and how many years do he have to live? How could he have time to unify the steppes? Shami Chagan said.

"Do you mean to let the Ming State and the Timurid Khanate repeatedly tug of war, and finally drag Timur to death?" Koli Jak said.

"I think that's how wars are going to go. Timur was already so old that the Ming emperor was only in his twenties and could afford to drag it out, even if the early progress of the Ming Kingdom was not smooth, he was able to drag Timur and finally drag him to death. Shami Chagan said.

Kolijak pondered for a while, and felt that if the Ming State was really as strong as Shami Chagan said, it should be able to drag Timur to death, and said: "Okay, if Timur really sends troops to attack the Ming State after returning from the crusade against the Ottomans, I will send troops to attack the Timurid Khanate in the rear." ”

Shamichagan did not believe that Kolyjak would dare to send troops against the Timurid Khanate, unless he could be sure that Timur was dead. But he still smiled and said, "Then it's decided." For specific matters, I will send someone to discuss with you when Timur really wants to send troops to the east in the future. ”

"And why don't you send someone to the East with me to see and see the Ming Kingdom?"

Kolijak was also wondering if Mingguo was as powerful as he said, and when he heard this, he said happily: "Okay." ”

After finishing business, Kolijak ordered a banquet for Shami Chagan, and he continued to chat with him.

Seeing that the people around Kolijak at this time should all be Mongols, Shami Chagan asked, "Brother Kolijak, as a Mongol, why do the languages spoken in the court have Turkic languages?" And why wear these Turkic clothes? ”

"Well, you're in the east, but you don't know what is going on with us people on the west. When the Khanate was first established, there were not many Mongols in total, and they were all different peoples who spoke the Turkic language. In order to govern the place, the Turkic language had to be used. During the reign of Yuejibe Khan, he also believed in the Celestial Religion, and now the Mongols in the Khan also believe in the Celestial Religion. ”

Later banquets were entirely Turkic rituals, which even reminded Shamichagan of the humiliation he had suffered when he visited Timur in the Timurid Khanate. Although his seat was completely different, the banquet etiquette at that time was almost exactly the same.

Shami Chagan looked at those people who looked completely Mongol, but spoke Turkic better than Mongolian, and were also dressed in Turkic clothes, and suddenly thought that the Mongols in the White Horde were no longer real Mongols, except for their appearance and the locals, they were no longer different from the locals.

He began to reflect on whether it was right or wrong for him to contact them, and finally he could only comfort himself: 'Even if they are not Mongols, it is not wrong to contact them, at least as allies against the Timurid Khanate.' ’

'Well, I don't know what happened to the Golden Horde and the Blue Horde, which were further west than the White Horde. I hope that the local Mongols will not be the same as those of the White Horde. ’

As he was thinking, Kolijak raised his glass and said, "Brother Shamicha, why don't you drink?" Drink! This is what I got back from the Golden Horde's Urross (Russia), and it is very different from the wine here in the Yuz steppe, and it should be different from the wine of the East. ”

Sha Michagan pressed his mind and raised his glass to drink.